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Give Thanks for ... Eel?

By JAMES PROSEK

This holiday, try serving the forgotten fish that saved the Pilgrims.

NICHOLAS D. KRISTOF

Bless the Orange Sweet Potato

Without enough vitamin A, children can go blind or even die. New high-tech foods now deliver it. comment icon Comment

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Gratitude the Hard Way

By ROBERT WRIGHT

Blessings are out there somewhere. Though seeing them may take having just the right perspective.

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A Jury Convicts Tom DeLay

After a year of depressing news about the influence of big money in political campaigns, a victory for honesty in campaign finance. comment icon Comment

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The Mayor and the Chancellor

If Mayor Bloomberg wants his nominee to lead the city’s public schools, he should accept the compromise being offered by state officials.

Gail Collins is off today.

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Greece, Ireland, and Then?

The bailout recipe for Greece and now Ireland has a fundamental problem.

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North Korea Will Never Play Nice

By B. R. MYERS

Letting Kim Jong-il get away with aggression will only embolden him.

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Lincoln: A Beard Is Born

<p>The photographer Samuel G. Alschuler took the first known image of the president-elect with his newly-grown beard in 1860. Lincoln wore his tie loose; his low, soft collar slightly open, a break from the more formal portraits of other leaders.</p>

By ADAM GOODHEART

One hundred and fifty years ago today, a photographer recorded the first image of the world's most famous chin whiskers.

Slide Show: Evolution of a Beard

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Bloggingheads: The Lobbying Racket

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Robert Wright, left, of Bloggingheads.tv and Alex Gibney, director of "Casino Jack and the United States of Money," discuss lobbying and Jack Abramoff.

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Thanksgiving Scripture

By LINCOLN CAPLAN

Inspiring words from a rare leader in a 1936 proclamation.

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Peace, Love and Puritanism

By DAVID D. HALL

Nathaniel Hawthorne’s portrait of progressive Pilgrims was unfair and inaccurate.

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